In need of an Annus Mirabilis...

Our world is depressed. 2025 isn't over yet, and it's turning out into yet another Annus Horribilis. From the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act forcing British netizens to comply with draconian regulations that infringe on netizens' privacy, to the deaths of celebrity icons such as Connie Francis, Hulk Hogan and Maru the Cat, the amount of depression Earth is going through in the lead-up to the Great Tribulation is far worse than you think, and this is not even factoring in the firestorm in California, the hurricanes and typhoons, the plane crashes, the Indo-Pakistani Border Conflict, and the Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict.

If 2025 isn't a positive year, don't get your hopes high on 2026. You want a real Annus Mirabilis? The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is your best choice right now, for nothing else matters...

NES 40th Anniversary Tribute

Author's Note: All copyrights for the characters in this comic (except Spelunker) belong to Nintendo.

Can you believe that the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is now 40 Years Old? That's right. Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the video game console that resurrected an entire industry that was thought to be dead after the infamous 1983 North American Video Game Crash. To celebrate this joyous occasion, here is a picture of Link from The Legend of Zelda lifting up a Nintendo Entertainment System with Mario, Samus (in her Justin Bailey leotard) and Spelunker on top of it.

Happy 40th Anniversary, Nintendo Entertainment System! The video game industry would not have experienced its resurrection without you!

Practical Apocalypse Tank

The designs for the Apocalypse Tanks in Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3 are actually impractical to be honest. However, I came up with a more practical design for the Apocalypse Tank that takes the best of both designs.

Firstly, my Apocalypse Tank redesign has two treads instead of four. Secondly, it has the SA-13 Gopher Anti-Air Missile Launchers. It would still have the M-Harpoon from Red Alert 3, though.

Even then, this redesigned Apocalypse Tank still lacks the practicality of the T-14 Armata. But that does not mean the Apocalypse Tank does not have a place in any war zone. It's a pity there will not be a new Command and Conquer Red Alert game in the foreseeable future. Not even a reboot...

Peanuts at 75

Good Grief! Can you believe it's been 75 years since the Peanuts comic strip made its debut in seven American newspapers? Since then, the Peanuts franchise has become a force to be reckoned with, even after the death of Charles M Schulz in 2000.

The brick wall has been the main hangout for various Peanuts characters who wish to have conversations with each other. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts, here is a comic starring my original characters Red Cap and Blue Cap behind a brick wall talking about the 75th Anniversary of Peanuts and its legacy.

Happy 75th Anniversary, Charlie Brown! May the legacy of Charles M Schulz live on!

Swordtember 2025 (Part 4)

The Grand Finale of Neo Retro Union's Swordtember Special is here! Click here for Part 3!

Red Katanas exist in MapleStory. They can only be equipped by Warriors that are Level 70 and above with 200 Strength. Also, there is a Two-handed sword in MapleStory called Sparta. It can be equipped by Warriors that are Level 60 and above with 190 Strength.

One of the swords that warriors in Miitopia can wield is the Chopper Sword. It resembles the sword that Ganondorf wielded in the Spaceworld 2000 Tech Demo, as well as the Lynel Sword from Breath of The Wild. It has an Attack Stat of +31.

With all that said, Swordtember 2025 is officially completed!

Conflict Mineral

Tiberium. A highly valuable but radioactive mineral that the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the Brotherhood of Nod went to war over since the very first game in the Command and Conquer series. It turned living things into all sorts of mutated life forms, including visceroids, although many living things ended up dying from Tiberium radiation poisoning instead.

On a related note, Happy 30th Anniversary, Command and Conquer!

The End of Windows 10

With 21 days left before Windows 10 goes end of support, it will be my honor to give Windows 10 an eulogy before the end of support date.

If there was one operating system that deserves respect just like Windows XP and Windows 7, it has to be Windows 10. Not only did this Windows operating system helped to rebuild Microsoft's reputation after the huge blunder that was Windows 8, it made Microsoft fans forgive Microsoft for the Windows 8 fiasco.

However, Windows 10 will still receive security updates after the end of support date, as long as you pay Microsoft 30 bucks for them. This is only a temporary solution, even for computers that cannot run Windows 11. Therefore, the best solution is to start jumping ship to Linux for those who use computers that cannot run Windows 11.

So Long, Windows 10, and Thanks for All the Fish, Solitaire and Memories!